For example lung cancer if a person has had heart attack and later on within months develops lung cancer. Well, I have your answer. A weak heart only contributes to cardiac arrest, not cancer. Cancer is defined to be the abnormal proliferation of cells. Cells normally are replicated or go through apoptosis, or death of [...]

I have recently begun walking briskly in order to get back in shape and after about five minutes of exercise my heart starts skipping beats frequently. It isn’t just beating quickly, it is beating irregularly. It makes me nervous so I end up cutting my workout short which I don’t want to do. Is this [...]

I understand people with High cholesterol or high blood pressure have a much increased chance of having a stroke or heart attack, but how many people have strokes/heart attacks that have completely normal blood pressure levels and normal cholesterol levels? In percentages. I was happy to learn… “Michael M” is a person with no medical/scientific [...]

Heart palpitations are the irregular awareness of the heart beating. You dont have to necesarilly have an irregular, fast, or slow heart beat to have palpitations. So how does one make the distinction between a normal awareness of heart beat and an “irregular awareness” of heart beat? Aka palpitations. I know that many people are [...]

I took an anxiety pill, but it wasn’t prescribed to me. I took it about 10 minutes ago, is it supposed to already be working? Or am I just imagining its helping. I was so glad to find this — First off, you should not take an anxiety pill which is supposed to be prescribed, [...]

A patient I know who is having congestive heart failure also suffers with dysphagia. He is unable to consume solid food therefore now he prefers food based on liquid form. What could be causing this . Basically… Left atrial enlargement can cause compression of the esophagus causing dysphagia, usually in the setting of mitral valve [...]

My brother thinks he had a mild heart attack in his sleep after passing out drunk. He woke up with odd chest pains just under his collar bone area but says its no muscles pain. He is 27 and healty( walks 4 miles to work every day) just drinks on pay day. I say no [...]

My ex-husband is 61, and diagnosed with Stage-4 congestive heart failure (substance abuse the major cause). He has offered to drive across country with our son in order to help him move from Tennessee to Washington. The trip will take approximately 3 days. The ex can’t fly, so he’s considering a train most of the [...]

My mom has this really bad heart burn that doesn’t go away. She tried a lot of heartburn medications but none seems to appease her pain. The doctors all said she was normal but the burning persists. Whats the best medication if not. . A way to get rid of it? Details plz? Thanks. Well, [...]

I read a fact on a website and it said that 12% of women will develop coronary artery disease before the age of 50 and the remaining 74% will develop it before the age of 70-74. And this is only for women whos cholesterol is genetic. Is this true?? Plz answer . And how could [...]